Section 386.112 - On-Road Diesel Purchase or Lease Incentive(a) The commission shall develop a purchase or lease incentive program for new on-road diesels and shall adopt rules necessary to implement the program and to reimburse a purchaser or lessee of a new on-road diesel that is eligible for reimbursement of incremental costs under this subchapter.(b) The program shall authorize statewide incentives for the reimbursement of incremental costs for the purchase or lease, according to the schedule provided by Section 386.113, of new on-road diesels that are certified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the California Air Resources Board to an emissions standard provided by Section 386.113 if the purchaser or lessee of the on-road diesel agrees to register the vehicle in this state and to operate the on-road diesel in this state for not less than 75 percent of the on-road diesel's annual mileage.(c) Only one incentive will be provided for each new on-road diesel. The incentive shall be provided to the purchaser if the on-road diesel is not purchased for the purpose of leasing the on-road diesel to another person, or to the lessee and not to the purchaser if the on-road diesel is purchased for the purpose of leasing the on-road diesel to another person. A lease incentive for a new on-road diesel shall be prorated based on an eight-year lease term.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 386.112
Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1331, Sec. 9, eff. 6/20/2003.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 967, Sec. 1(b), eff. 9/1/2001.